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willing. I have made them bear witness that this will is mine and that I have written it in my
handwriting. I have copied the will of my grandfather‐the Commander of the faithful, ‘Ali b. Abi
Talib, peace be on him. I had copied the will of Muhammed b. ‘Ali before that; and the will of
Ja‘far b. Muhammed is similar to that. I have entrusted my will to ‘Ali along with my children after
him. If he willed, found rightness in them, and liked to recognize them, then that is up to him.
They have no command in his presence. I have entrusted him with endowments, my properties,
my retainers, my boys whom I have left behind, and my sons to Ibrahim, al‐‘Abbas, Qasim, Isma‘il,
Ahmed, and Um Ahmed. (I have entrusted) the affair of my womenfolk to ‘Ali, one third of the
endowment of my father, and two thirds he places where he sees, and places in it what the
possessor of a property places in his wealth. So if he likes to sell or to grant or to donate or to [1]
Zayd al‐Shaheed, p. 199.
give as alms to those whom I have nominate to him and to those other than those whom I have
nominated, then that is up to him. He is like me in respect with my will concerning my property,
my family, and my children. If he sees that he has to recognize his brothers whom I have
nominated to him in this letter of mine, he can recognize them. If he dislikes (to do that), then he
has the right to cancel them without being blamed or refused. If he finds in them (something)
other than that when I left them and wants to return them to obedience to him, then that is up to
him. If one of them wants to marry his sister (to a man), then he has no right to marry her (to him)
except with his permission and his order, for he is the most knowledgeable (of them) in the men
from among his people. If a Sultan (supreme ruler) or any of the people prevents him or comes
between him and a thing of what I have mentioned, then he is free from liability to Allah and His
Apostle, Allah and His Apostle are free from liability to him, upon him is the curse and wrath of
Allah, the curse of the cursers, the angels brought nigh, the prophets, the messengers, and the
group of the believers. None of the Sultans has the right to prevent him from doing anything. He
has neither responsibility nor result with me. None of my children neither he has a property with
me. So he is trustworthy in what he mentions.
If he decreases, then he is the most knowledgeable; and if he increases, then he is also truthful. As
for my sons whom I have mentioned along with him, I want to mention their names and to honor
them. As for the mothers of my children, they will take that which they take during my life time if
they stay in their houses and their hijab, if he sees that. If one of them wants to get married, then
she has no right to return to my property. As for my daughters, they are treated in the same way.
Neither their half brothers nor a Sultan nor an uncle has the right to marry them except through
his opinion and his advice. If they do something other than that, then they oppose Allah and His
Apostle, and they struggle against Him in His kingdom. That is because he is the most
knowledgeable (of them) in the men from among his people. If he wants to marry them, then he
can marry them; and if he wants to leave, he can leave. I have ordered them (my daughters) to
conform to what I have mentioned in this letter of mine; and I have made Allah, the Great and
Almighty, as a witness over them. He (Imam al‐Rida) and Um Ahmed are two witnesses. None has
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